The Fort Hood murderer, Nidal Hasan says he wants to plead guilty to 13 counts of murder, but Army rules don’t allow a judge to accept a guilty plea in a capital case, so his lawyers want the newest judge to consider removing the death penalty from her little bag of tools, according to the Associated Press;

If the death sentence is removed, Hasan’s punishment would be life without parole – which he already faces if convicted of the 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the 2009 attack on the Texas Army post.

The date for his long-delayed trial has not been set, but pretrial hearings are scheduled Wednesday through Friday so the new military judge, Col. Tara Osborn, can reconsider several defense requests previously rejected by the former judge.

Although I oppose the death penalty mostly, Hasan certainly deserves it more than most criminals. However, the Army hasn’t put anyone to death since John Bennet was hanged in 1961 for the rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old Austrian girl. The last soldier who was ordered executed was Ronald Gray who was convicted of two murders, his death warrant was signed by President GW Bush, but his sentence was stayed. There are five other people currently on death row, and it’s not very likely that Hasan will join them anyway, and he certainly won’t live long enough to execute him. I say throw out the death penalty and let him rot in his adult diapers in a cell somewhere – he ain’t going no where.

Sorry but I’d prefer not to pay the ungodly fees to keep his ass alive for the next 50 years. 1 bullet to his liver, 1 to each knee and elbow, and then 1 bullet to his favorite kidney for good luck and leave him out in a ditch somewhere. Fuck that terrorist pile of shit.

Have to disagree, Jonn. What Hassan did is far worse than what any of the other 5 awaiting execution did (with the possible exception of Akbar). He richly deserves an early opportunity to meet Shaytan.

I don’t see the additional cost being significantly greater if we try him with the death penalty on the table, either. And I really hate the idea of giving in to terrorists in any way. Taking the death penalty off the table would IMO be doing that.

Don’t suppose the SCOTUS would approve an air-drop w/o parachute into the Kilauea crater as an acceptable method of execution, though.

While I, too, am not a big proponent of the death penalty, for many reasons, in this case i think it should most definitely be not only on the table, but slapping him in the mug. Some people just need killin’.

Political correctness has consumed the military judicial system as well as the civilian courts. These bed wetters will give him life without parole. Waste of time, waste of resources and waste of money.

Later obama will trade this POS for a low level muslim brotherhood CIA operative in Egypt.

Because of his condition, someone has to feed him, wash him, and wipe his nasty ass for the rest of the time he wastes air. Whoever has to do this will do it because that’s their job, but they will do it knowing he’s the enemy and he murdered military personnel. I don’t care what Hasan wants; the people who have to look that slime in the face every day need to be relieved of that indignity, that insult forced upon them by their current duty. Hasan needs to die. Period.

So, he asks to plead guilty knowing that the plea is barred in military capital cases and then asks for the possible penalty of death to be shelved? That’s rather odd, don’t you think? He should welcome death. He was a good little terrorist and is slated to receive Allah’s rewards. Besides, isn’t that in keeping with the Muslim’s notion of justice? What is he, a weekend Muslim?

Now, having said that, I well appreciate that he deserved to be punished here and for etenity for what he did. The question is whether death exacts that punishment. If he pleaded to die, would you all agree that he should? Or would you say, “Screw him. Make him suffer locked away in prison.” The worst punishment on earth is being isolated from fellow human beings and isolated he would be. Yes, it would cost large sums to keep him but sometimes it’s worth it. Hell, look at the imprisonment of Nazi war criminals following WW II. What did they end up with? One guy in an entire prison.

I’m for death as well. If they give in to his demand, what else will they give in to as time goes by? Will he eventually request certain rights for “good behavior?” Access to a computer, for example? Or perhaps he’ll want to write a book about his decision to kill innocents? You know some publishing agency would nab that in a heartbeat for its sensational content. Another Che Guevara saluted for being a murderer.

MAJMike? While you and Cato do your thing, I’ll provide overwatch and wave the survivors on in for their share of his ass. Anybody else would have been long gone to prison by now, waiting on the chamber, chair or needle.

Hasan is a dedicated coward. If he weren’t, he would not want the death penalty eliminated. A true jihadist would beg for it. It is martyrdom.

Since he doesn’t want it, the sentence could be something much more creative, such as: life without parole, beans w/mystery meat three times a day, and no one to feed him, clean up after him, talk to him, or even see him for as long as he manages to stay alive (complete solitary, no human contact, no TV, radio, or music). Nothing to read except the document with his sentence printed on it.

To have a sentence there has to be a trial, and I’ll be shocked if we get even that much. It’s pretty obvious that nobody wants to end up holding this political/religious hot potato. A death penalty would be that much worse, because it will bring every activist with an agenda out of the woodwork.

It’s a damn shame that whoever shot that moron didn’t double tap him and save us all the aggravation.

Leave him out in General Population while he’s at Fort Leavenworth Home for Wayward Youth. sure they’re all criminals, but some of them are probably still patriotic. A pack of smokes and a Snickers will ensure that somebody does a Dahmer on his diaper wearing wheelie ass. Maybe we’ll even get lucky and somebody will steal a hambone from the chow hall and make a shiv out of it

I am sure those he killed did not want the death sentence he gave them either, nor the ones who lived with life long injuries want that sentence he gave them….. I could give a fuck less what that murdering terrorist scum wants.

Honest to God I don’t give a rats ass what happens to hasan as long as he is in pain and suffers for the rest of his life no matter how long or short that life is.
Yes, I admit I hate this fat crippled bass turds guts.

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